“Sometimes, an accident can be an unhappy woman's best friend.” This quote comes from Stephen King's 1992 bestseller, Dolores Claiborne. In the story (one…
The San Francisco Opera celebrates its 90th season with a jam-packed, community event. The Opera Community Open House is an insider glimpse into the…
Actually, it's not over when the fat lady sings; an opera is over when the fat lady flat-out dies. Such is the case with…
The delicious hybridity of Giacomo Puccini’s La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West) offers molto, molto Cal-Ital pleasures; the title only…
Pondering dignity and derrieres at Puccini and Pinetti
For S.F. Opera's new music director, conducting is a lot like making love.
Just when you thought most giant Japanese video monitors were putting their artistic ambitions on hold to pursue more practical careers, some idealistic 103-feet-wide…
